Hey, I'm Todd.

I'm a product and design leader, former founder/CEO, advisor, surfer, husband and dad.

I co-founded and scaled Bandsintown, delivering billions of delightful, highly personalized, concert notifications to 100M+ fans worldwide.I also co-created Bandsintown Manager, the tour data platform, used by 500K+ artists including Justin Bieber and 95% of the Billboard Top 100.Along the way I led major product partnerships with Facebook, Google, and Ticketmaster, and spearheaded a major redesign, earning recognition from Business Insider as one of the 100 World’s Greatest Apps, and from Time Magazine as one of The 50 Best Apps of 2016.Early on we were even featured on The Today Show.Prior to creating Bandsintown I was an early employee and sole designer at The Echo Nest, an AI/ML/NLP music intelligence company acquired by Spotify.I’m also an active advisor to a number of early stage founders.

Early Career

I earned a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and interned at two leading design agencies; The Barbarian Group and Continuum.After that I launched an agency called Ambient Interactive, which ended up winning numerous design and macromedia awards.Inspired by Last.FM reshaping music discovery, I began working on a product called, Bandsintown that would do the same for live music.That path also led me to join The Echo Nest, which would go on to be acquired by Spotify and responsible for Discover Weekly.

Bandsintown
from conception
to 25M users

We started working on Bandsintown in 2006 (w/ zero users), I incorporated the company in 2007, and lead strategy, design, product, and growth until June 2016, when we surpassed 25 million registered users.I acted as CEO and sole designer for 7 years (2006 – 2012), after which the company was acquired and I became VP of Product.

Brand Identity

I conceived and designed the Bandsintown logo which remains in place today, and received trademarks on both the word Bandsintown and the rock symbol.

I also created the concert cloud which became synonymous with Bandsintown.

Consumer App & Website

We launched the first version of the consumer website in 2007, followed that up with the release of our iPhone app in 2009, and in 2012 we released the first version of the Android app. Subsequent releases included iPad/Tablet, Apple/Android watch and a Facebook application.

Artist / Manager Platform

The artist platform launched in 2010 as a website plugin and then expanded to MySpace and Facebook. We added our first major artist Lil Wayne that year as adoption grew quickly. Today there are over 500K major artists promoting and managing their tour dates through Bandsintown.

API & Partner Integrations

We also released an API that lead to early integrations with Shazam, Soundhound, Spotify, WinAmp, and the labels, and integral for major partnerships I lead with Facebook, Google, and Ticketmaster.

Grateful for early partners like Roberta Maley and Will Mills for taking a big risk when it was just me and my co-founder, and later for Dan Armstrong, Jon Park, Jackie Chang and many more.

Memory Lane

Let’s Talk

Always looking to join an innovative, hungry team where I can bring my product, design, and (PLG) growth experience.Email me to chat. toddcronin@me.com